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  • Marina de Van – Dans ma peau AKA In My Skin (2002)

    2001-2010DramaFranceHorrorMarina de VanWomen Make Horror

    “The odyssey of a young woman who becomes addicted to self-mutilation…” ~EyeForFilm

    Synopsis:
    Esther (Marina de Van) is a smart, weirdly attractive, professional woman on the way up. She grafts extra hours at work and soon achieves promotion. She has a supportive boyfriend and what most normal people would call a fairly successful living. But she has another agenda.
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  • Catherine Breillat – L’été dernier AKA Last Summer (2023)

    Catherine Breillat2021-2030ArthouseDramaFrance
    L’été dernier (2023)
    L’été dernier (2023)

    Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre’s son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger.Read More »

  • Jérémie Périn – Mars Express (2023)

    2021-2030ActionAnimationFranceJérémie Périn
    Mars Express (2023)
    Mars Express (2023)

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    Set in the 23rd century on Mars, the plot follows the investigation on a murder case carried out by the couple formed by private investigator Aline Ruby and her android companion Carlos Rivera.In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.—olisilumeaRead More »

  • Agnès Jaoui – Place publique (2018)

    2011-2020Agnès JaouiComedyDramaFrance

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    Castro, once a tv star, is now an animator on the way back. Today his driver, Manu leading him to the housewarming party of his old producer and girlfriend Nathalie, has moved to a beautiful house in the neighborhood of Paris . Hélène, the sister of Nathalie and ex-wife of Castro, is also invited. When they were young, they shared the same ideals, but success did Castro in a pragmatist (or rather cynic) remained faithful to her convictions while Hélène.Read More »

  • Filippo Meneghetti – Deux AKA Two of Us (2019)

    2011-2020DramaFilippo MeneghettiFranceQueer Cinema(s)

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    Pensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other’s apartments.Read More »

  • Mathieu Amalric – La chambre bleue (2014)

    2011-2020Film NoirFranceMathieu AmalricThriller

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    A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of? Read More »

  • Renaud Fely – Pauline et François (2010)

    2001-2010DramaFranceRenaud FelyRomance

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    Quote:Pauline et François contains little in the way of emotive revelations or garment rending histrionics. Its dramatic climax, if one can call it that, is a relatively minor moment of moral weakness that’s quickly discovered and rectified. The film is neither artfully minimal nor flashily intense. But it is a haunting and compelling construction, built only with the most rudimentary of filmmaking tools. And Fely’s honest labor rewards his viewers with a memorable perspective of one family’s drift down the meandering river of time.
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